Latin America Archives - Page 12 of 475

How Artists Rethink the US/Mexico Border Water Crisis

In this Border Chronicle feature article Caroline Tracey writes on taking back the Rio Grande/Rio Bravo as a river, not a border checkpoint.

Maria Corina Machado once again urged Venezuelans not to vote in the regional and parliamentary elections on Sunday, May 25.

Six international humanitarian organizations denounced on May 19, the arrest of Ruth Lopez, a prominent human rights defender in El Salvador.

“Pepe” Mujica was waiting for us in the neglected garden of his chacra [farm] on the outskirts of Montevideo.

Facing growing protests President Jose Raul Mulino Warns: “Whatever the Cost, This Country Will Not Be Shut Down”.

“Most people survive thanks to remittances from relatives abroad. Commerce is informal, and healthcare is extremely precarious.”

All the militarization and its propaganda hide a real border security issue: the struggle people face in making ends meet.

Mexico calls the initiative a “discriminatory injustice,” which will also affect families in many countries.

Elio Heredia from Venezuela took our photo of the day: “Sunset in Campo Elias”, in Trujillo, Venezuela.

I haven’t seen my mother in two and a half years. My wife hasn’t seen hers in the same amount of time. My father died while I was away…